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Created on: 07/27/99
Modified on: 10/13/07


Vasco da Gama Bridge

Ponte Vasco da Gama
Built: 1995 - 1998
Status: in use
Location: Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Crosses: Tagus River
Vasco da Gama Bridge
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
multicable, fan arrangement, H-pylon
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Part of: Expo 1998

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role Name Structures in this project 
Designer Armando Rito
Official expert Michel Virlogeux

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role Name Part of structure 
  Bento Pedrodo Construções
  Campenon Bernard
  Edifer Construções
  Sociedade de Construções H. Hagen
  Kvaerner Engineering & Construction
  Mota & Companhia
  Somague - Sociedade de Construções
  Teixera Duarte Engenharia e Construções
Design EEG Europe Etudes Gecti
Geotechnical/geological expert Terrasol
Stay cables Freyssinet International
Prestressing Tensacciai
Stay cable steel supplier Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L.
Pot bearings mageba sa
Expansion joints mageba sa
Software Formule Informatique cable geometry
  LUSAS

Products used in this structure
Piston, piston rod and cylinder liner are the main components mageba Hydraulic Buffers
Under normal circumstances, Hydraulic Shock Absorbers allow free movements of the bridge structure. Under shock impact, e.g. due to earthquakes, high braking loads or strong winds, they function temporarily as elastic damping connections.
Finished mageba Pendulum Bearing mageba Special Bearings
mageba has more than 40 years manufacturing know-how in the manufacturing of special bearings.
Storage of steel plates for the production of mageba Pot Bearings RESTON®POT Bearings
mageba Pot Bearings are durable bearings that can be used in many situations, whether in big or small bridges, or a variety of engineering structures.
Production of a Modular Expansion Joint of the type LR16 (max. linear movement 1280 mm) TENSA®MODULAR Type LR
Modular Expansion Joints can be constructed for any movements, from about 100 mm up to 2,000 mm and more. They allow movements in all 3 directions and rotations around all 3 axes.

Technical information
Part of structure Description Value
Construction materials used
pylons  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  total length 17 185 m
deck   width 30.9 m
main arch   total length 824 m
main bridge   main span 420 m
  number of cables 192
pylon   pylon height 155 m
Quantities used in construction
  concrete volume 730 000 m3

Chronology
10 April 1997
A metal falsework collapses killing six workers.

Relevant Web Sites
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 External LinkBBC News: Portugal celebrates opening of giant bridge (29.3.1998) English
 External LinkBernd Nebel: Die Vasco da Gama Brücke in Lissabon German
 External LinkBridge Pros: Vasco da Gama Bridge English
 External LinkCable-Stayed Bridges of Europe: Portugal (H-L) English
 External LinkCivilium.net: Ponte Vasco da Gama Portuguese
 External LinkLusas: Seismic Design Check of the Vasco da Gama Bridge and Approach Viaducts English
 External LinkLusoponte Portuguese English

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 23.
* Bernard, Michel   La construction du Pont Vasco da Gama, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* Branco, F. A.   Consulting studies for the cable stayed Vasco da Gama bridge, presented at .
* Branco, Fernando A.   Numerical Wind Studies for the Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal, in "Structural Engineering International", May 1998, n. 2 v. 8 .
* Capra, Alain   Conception parasismique du pont principal, presented at .
* Capra, Alain   Les dispositions antisismiques, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* Capra, Alain   Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1998, n. 4 v. 8 .
* Cunha, Alvaro   Dynamic tests on Vasco da Gama cable-stayed bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
* Guinchard, Francis   Le pont Vasco de Gama à Lisbonne. Les méthodes de construction du viaduc central, in "Travaux", December 1996, n. 726 .
* Guinchard, Francis   Quelques aspects du viaduc central, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* IREX   Synthèse des travaux du projet national BHP 2000 sur les bétons à hautes performances, Presses de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 285978408X, 2005.
* Kalimerov (photo), Stanislas   Le Pont Vasco da Gama, Le cherche midi éditeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862745618, 1998.
* Lawnicki, Jean   Le viaduc central: étude de sensibilité au calcul sismique, presented at .
* Lenoir, Bertrand   Les essais et les calculs au vent pour le projet d'exécution de l'ouvrage principal à haubans du pont Vasco de Gama sur le Tage, presented at .
* Machado, Luis   Le pont Vasco de Gama sur le Tage, presented at .
* Monachon, Pierre   Durabilité des bétons, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* Piron, Vincent   La concession, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 154-155.
* Rodrigues, Joaquim   Vasco Da Gama Bridge, in "VSL News", 1996, n. 2 v. 7 .
* Stouff, Henri   Les contraintes du montage en concession sur les études et la construction, presented at .
* Stubler, Jérôme   Les haubans du pont Vasco de Gama, presented at .
* Stubler, Jérôme   La précontrainte du pont sur le Tage, presented at .
* Suinot, Gérard   Le pont à haubans, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* Torres Arcila, Martha   Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 342-347.
* Vassord, Jean   Le pont Vasco de Gama sur le Tage. Pont principal. Problèmes spécifiques, presented at .
* Wastiaux, Marc   Les fondations maritimes, in "Travaux", June 1998, n. 743 .
* Wastiaux, Marc   Pont du Tage: viaduc central et pont à haubans. Méthodes de construction, presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.
* Wastiaux, Marc   La traversée du Tage. Aspects généraux du projet. Procédés de construction, presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.

 
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